Published 7th August
Stunned by a revelation about her husband, Eliza is forced to reconfigure her future and start afresh. Swapping the family home for a hotel room, she sets about earning a living. A life- affirming tale of resilience set in 1960s Texas.
Lucy Barton, newly settled in Maine, meets obstinate, 90-year-old Olive Kitteridge, now in a care home, and they form a friendship trading stories of the ‘unrecorded lives’ of the people they know. Poignant, funny, full of sharp and wise observations, dramatic and emotional.
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Set in 19th-century Scandinavia, a poignant story of a Sami reindeer herder and the daughter of a devout Lutheran pastor whose love throws into stark relief the differences in their cultures and the effect of religious colonialism.
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In Montana, degenerate poet Tom meets Polly, a mail-order bride disappointed with her husband, and sparks fly. They steal a horse and a lot of money and head west. A lively, captivating yarn, elegantly told.
Published August 14th
50-year-old Steven, his marriage in trouble, seeks out friends, family members and former colleagues of his father, who left when he was 12, in an attempt to understand his own emotional life. Sensitive and engaging.
The Smith siblings farm quietly while troops train on the nearby beaches preparing for war in Europe. Then one night a German soldier washes up, confirming their fears that U-boats lurk offshore.
Smart, witty story of a young civil servant tasked with gathering figures from history to test whether time travel is feasible. Her particular charge is a Victorian polar explorer ready to embrace the challenges of running a time travel agency. Inventive and riotously entertaining.
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Booker shortlisted debut novel which explores the Netherlands’ failure to reckon with the fate of Dutch Jews: told through the lives, secrets and complicities of two families. Eloquently written, full of passion, with surprising and chilling twists.
